Her earnings might have been piddling, but she’d managed to put food on the table when her da drank away all his wages at the pub. She’d left school-though not her books, heaven forbid-to work in a dark little room at the back of the shop, pricking her fingers constantly as she dressed up handkerchiefs and hemlines with tiny flowers and French knots for a trifling wage. Claire had been working in Miss Fester’s embroidery shop for two years by the time she turned sixteen. It was high time she learned a thing or two about responsibility. Polly was sixteen, no longer in short skirts and pigtails.

She wouldn’t feel guilty for her uncharitable thoughts. She wouldn’t abandon them in their time of need.Īnd if she secretly grumbled about her flighty sister jumping into trouble again without once considering the consequences, leaving her older sister to clean up her mess from half a continent away? Well, no one need be privy to that wee detail.Ĭlaire set her chin and straightened her spine against the hard bench outside Harper’s Station’s general store and smoothed the fabric of her myrtle green traveling dress over her knees. The letter in her reticule felt like a stone weighing on her wrist, demanding sacrificial action with no more than veiled hints for explanation. Could they not sense that this day held no cause for celebration? Cause for trepidation, aye. Now, she’s determined to stand by his side against an enemy that threatens both of their lives.Claire Nevin frowned at the cheerful white clouds frolicking across the blue sky and tried to close her ears against the melodies the birds insisted on singing in response to the deceptively fine morning. She makes an act of sacrifice which leaves her injured and Travis riding to rescuing her. She heads to the ranch where she meets Travis Archer, a hard man who can’t help but be wowed by her. An old debt compels Meredith Hayes to warn the Archer brothers of a plot to burn their land. The Archer Brothers series begins with Short-Straw Bride. With Josephine caught in the crossfire, Matthew will sacrifice everything to save her. The two form a connection and then her brother is abducted. Josephine Burkett who is used to men discounting her skills, but that doesn’t prepare her for Matthew who believes in her skills and offers to assist her if needed. A bullet puts on them at death’s door and they find themselves in need of help. They have become legends as they defend the innocent and get justice for the oppressed. Ex-cavalry officer Matthew Hanger is haunted by the war, but now leads a band of mercenaries known as Hanger’s Horsemen.

If You Like Karen Witemeyer Books, You’ll Love…Īt Love’s Command is the first book in the Hanger’s Horsemen series.

Hearts Entwined by Karen Witemeyer